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This study addresses a gap in knowledge concerning tobacco control in the Middle East and has identified multiple factors which are potentially slowing the process of enforcing policy to address tobacco consumption. Iran is the regional leader for tobacc

Christina Banks, author of a research paper published today in Global Health Research and Policy, looks at Egypt and Iran, two countries with vastly differing progress on tobacco consumption and highlights the need for comparing and sharing knowledge and

Of Egypt's total population of 93 million, an estimated 12.6 million are smokers, according to the data. The over-15 age group represents approximately 62 percent of the total population. The World No Tobacco Day was launched by the World Health Organiz

Philip Morris, which has an agreement with Eastern Company to produce its local brands, halted paying dues in dollars in return for its production last year. Eastern Company expects $105 million in total arrears dating back to July 2016 to paid back thi

Egypt's top cigarette maker Eastern Company said on Thursday it had reached an agreement with its international partner Philip Morris for the tobacco giant to pay back outstanding debt and make future payments in the local currency.

Israeli customs officials at the Nitzana crossing foiled an attempt to smuggle two tons of tobacco over the border, worth a total of 200,000 NIS and for which taxes would have been 1,000,000 NIS. The tobacco was hidden in pots imported by the Palestinia

John Cox set fire to a bin on an Airbus A321 aircraft carrying 201 people from Birmingham to Sharm-El-Sheikh in the summer of 2015....'The plane was unserviceable because a man set fire to onboard toilets deliberately while also smoking and abusing the ca